Waiter&#39;s punch



March 2 1926. 1,574,841

R. A` MYERS WAI TER S PUNCH Filed Nov; 1'2, 1923 lam 12W /i fn/7.5

wan/avana Pari/wasps I Patented Mar. 2, 1925.

UNITED -SAvlES ROY A. MYERS, or sr. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

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Application filed November To ZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it kno-wn that I, ROY A. Myers, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vaiters7 Punches, of which the following is a speci` fication.

One object of my invention is to provide a punch having a container as a part thereof for receiving a `roll of printed checks.

Another object is to provide means for straightening the checks as they are fed from the roll.

Another object is to provide improved means for punching or notching various points of the check as it is fed from the roll.

Another object is to provide means for preventing the roll of checks from getting out of proper position.

Another object is to provide an improved form of cap or cover for the container.

Another object is to provide an improved form of waiters check.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists of certain no v'el features of construction and combination of parts, the essential elements of which are hereinafter described with reference to the drawing which accompanies and forms a part of this specification.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a section taken on the line 1-1, Figure 2; Figure 2 is a top view of the punch as shown in Figure 1; Figure 3 is a section taken on the line 3--3, Figure 1; Figure 4 is a section taken on the line Jr-4, Figure 1; and Figure 5 is a plan view of one of the checks printed on the roll of paper and carried in the container.

As Shown in Figures 1 and 3, the container 1 has a stud 2 centrally mounted therein, whose free end is formed into a ball shape 3. The cover or lid 4 has a pair of spring catches 5 centrally mounted and adapted to receive the ball 3 of the stud 2 and hold the cover in close engagement with the container.

A strip of metal 6, riveted to the container, has a slot 7 therein registering with a similar slot in the container through. which the ribbon of paper 8 from the roll 9 may be brought out of the container. This paper 12, 192B. Serial N0. 874,324.

is fed through the creasing device 10, better shown in Figure 4, which serves to creaseV i the paper as it comes from the roll, thereby straightening out the curl that would otherwise remain in the ribbon when it is torn olf to form acheok,

From the creaser the ribbon of paper passes under the punch, or notcher, 11 and from there under the guide 12, the top of which serves as a cutting edge against which check may be torn off at the desired point. Suflicient space is left at 13 so the ribbon may be fed with the thumb through the guide 12 to a sufficient extent to allow it to be grasped at the farther' end of the guide so the check may be pulled out to any point desired.

In the form of check shown in Figure 5 l have provided a place at 14C where the name of the restaurant may be printed in, a space 15 which is to indicate the number of persons for whom the check is issued, a place at 16 in which may be indicated the amount in dollars for which the check is being issued, and a portion at 17 in which may be indicated the amount'in cents or fractions of dollars for which the check also reads, and the portion 18 is left for advertising mat-ter. Along the lefthand side of the check, as it is shown in the drawing, are printed spaces in which the check is to be notched. by the punch 11. These are preferably red and black, as indicated, and one series of columns is reserved for the odd numerals and the other series of columns for the even numerals for the portions indicating persons, dollars, and ,cents, so that by notching the proper point along the left-hand side of the check the check is thus made to indicate the number of persons and the amount of the charge, both in dollars and cents, and by having the notches all on one side of the check the operation of notching the checks is greatly facilitated, while at the same .time there is plenty of room for making the indicating notches, as the numerals representing the persons, dollars and cents are spaced but a line for each numeral runs to the corre* spending point that is to be notched.

In using the device, the operator will pull the check from the roll, and if there are two people for whom the check is being issued, and their charge is $2.75, the Waiter will pull the check out until the nuineral 2 in the Persons served portion of the check is opposite the punch and will then notch the indicia under the punch; she will then pull the check tui-ther until the numeral 2 in the Dollars charged por tion ot the check is opposite the punch and will then notch the indicia under the punchg she will then pull the check further until the numeral 75 in the Gents charged portion ot the check is opposite the punch and will punch the indicia under the punch; she will then pull the check to the end and tear it off along 'the line 19 against the cutting` edge of the guide which is provided for that purpose; and with her thumb on the ribbon at l?) she will 'Feed the ribbon out beyond the guide ready to be pulled out when she Wishes to make out the next check.

rllhe adi'anl'ag'es oi the check and punch are many in that it is neat. simple ot' con` structioin compact, is carried hv hook or chain attached to the ring` provided tor that purpose, and carries an extraer/llinarilv large nnniber of checks on account ot the checks beine' pnt up in a rol'. Also7 it has the great advantage ol marking all ot the points ot the check ou the saine side ol.l the check so it is practically impossible tor the cashier to overlook an)y olf the points marked.

lVhile I have described in x` invention and illustrated it in one particular design, I do not Wish it to be understood that I liniit 1nvself to this construction, as it is evident the application of the invention may be varied in many ufr-f; within the scopo ol' thc l'ol.- lowing claims,

Claims:

l, In a check punch the combilnilion ol' a container adapted to carry therein a, ribbon ot checks in a roll, incans 'tor leading' said ribbon troni said container, and straightening ineans for taking the roll out oi the ribbon as it is lead troni said container and means carried b v said container for notching' said checks.

2. In a check punch the combination oi" a container adapted to carry7 a roll ot checks therein in the torni of a continuous ribbon. ot means tor loading said ribbon Ytroni said container` a punch carried bv said container and positioned so the ribbon will pass thereunder, a guide tor said ribbon positioned llcvond said punch and adapted to preif'cnl said ribbon 'troni feeding' back into said container aiter said ribbon has been punched.

3. In a check punch the combination ot a container' adapted to carry a roll ot checks, lncans toi' leading said ril'ibondihe checks Vtrein said container, straightening means carried on said container' through which said ribbon passes, a punch carried by said container under which said ribbon passes, and a guide carried by said container through which Said ribbon passes'` said ;'nide and said punch being; spaced apart sulic'ientlv to allow a thumb to be inserted therebctween for the purpose of slipping` the check through Seid gn'ide.

ROY A. MYERS. 

